@hive.net.au - I get this when i visit /security/login/ in dev mode -

[Warning] fopen(/tmp/silverstripe-cache-home-phonicfm-public_html/.cache.home.phonicfm.public_html.sapphire.templates.Includes.Form.ss) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied
GET /Security/login

Line 323 in /home/phonicfm/public_html/sapphire/core/SSViewer.php
Source

314
315       $lastEdited = filemtime($template);
316
317       if(!file_exists($cacheFile) || filemtime($cacheFile) < $lastEdited || isset($_GET['flush'])) {
318          if(isset($_GET['debug_profile'])) Profiler::mark("SSViewer::process - compile", " for $template");
319          
320          $content = file_get_contents($template);
321          $content = SSViewer::parseTemplateContent($content, $template);
322          
323          $fh = fopen($cacheFile,'w');
324          fwrite($fh, $content);
325          fclose($fh);
326
327          if(isset($_GET['debug_profile'])) Profiler::unmark("SSViewer::process - compile", " for $template");
328       }
329    

Trace

* fopen(/tmp/silverstripe-cache-home-phonicfm-public_html/.cache.home.phonicfm.public_html.sapphire.templates.Includes.Form.ss,w)
Line 323 of SSViewer.php
* SSViewer->process(MemberLoginForm)
Line 774 of ViewableData.php
* ViewableData->renderWith(Array)
Line 946 of Form.php
* Form->forTemplate()
Line 339 of Security.php
* Security->login(HTTPRequest)
Line 162 of Controller.php
* Controller->handleAction(HTTPRequest)
Line 107 of RequestHandler.php
* RequestHandler->handleRequest(HTTPRequest)
Line 122 of Controller.php
* Controller->handleRequest(HTTPRequest)
Line 277 of Director.php
* Director::handleRequest(HTTPRequest,Session)
Line 121 of Director.php
* Director::direct(Security/login)
Line 115 of main.php

Just tried to upgrade to CMS so I could do that, and now the site doesn't work at all.

Looks like a rebuild from scratch. no idea anymore.

Thanks for your help, but i have scrapped and rebuilt with a CMS I am a lot more comfortable with; Wordpress.